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Addams Family Values(1993)
Released
1993 · FILM

Addams Family Values

When a charismatic serial‑killer nanny infiltrates the Addams home and targets their newborn son, teenage Wednesday must uncover her murderous plot before the innocent baby becomes her next victim.

“The family just got a little stranger.”

Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld, Burtt Harris
Written by
Charles Addams, Paul Rudnick
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
94 min
ComedyFantasy
Streaming on
  • Hoopla

Synopsis

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new arrival disrupts the family dynamic, leading to a series of chaotic and darkly comedic events.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 444+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur SchmidtShot by Donald PetermanScored by Marc ShaimanDesigned by Ken AdamSound by Cecelia HallCostumes by Theoni V AldredgeStunts by Gary HymesVFX by Robin Griffin

Box Office

1993 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$48.9M

Budget$47.0M
Worldwide gross$48.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $14.1M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $19.6M — 40% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,577 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (English)Addams Family Values
  • Die Addams Family in verrückter Traditionde
  • Les Valeurs de la famille Addamsfr
  • La famiglia Addams 2it
  • (Bulgarian)Семейство Адамс 2
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 19, 1993
  • AustraliaNov 25, 1993
  • FinlandDec 10, 1993
  • United KingdomDec 10, 1993
  • IrelandDec 10, 1993

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Paramount PicturesScott Rudin Productions

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